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SAN FRANCISCO — Venture capital rising to levels not seen since 2001. Companies with no profits going public. Billions of dollars being paid for start-ups. These and other signs that the tech boom may be taking an irrational turn are leading some notable investors to utter the dreaded word "bubble,"waking up the ghosts of an era many in Silicon Valley would prefer to keep buried. Has Silicon Valley once again lost its collective mind? Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks so. "There is a clear consensus that we are witnessing our second tech bubble in 15 years," he warned in a note to his clients last week. "What is uncertain is how much further the...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Venture capital rising to levels not seen since 2001. Companies with no profits going public. Billions of dollars being paid for start-ups.
These and other signs that the tech boom may be taking an irrational turn are leading some notable...

Even as the debate continues about whether Silicon Valley is in a bubble, there is evidence that the region may be losing steam.
It's a paradox, perhaps. But, that's life in Silicon Valley for you.
The latest sign for the losing-steam argument...

The largest tech IPO of the year will come from a company that many Americans have never heard of.
Alibaba -- a Chinese e-commerce behemoth that produces more sales and net income than Amazon and EBay combined -- has decided to go public in the U.S....

Moelis & Co. climbed in its trading debut after raising less than planned in the first U.S. initial public offering of an investment bank since the financial crisis.
The shares rose 4.6% to $26.15 on Wednesday after pricing at $25. Moelis raised $163...

The largest tech IPO of the year — and perhaps of all time — isn't coming from Silicon Valley.
Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce behemoth with more sales than Amazon and EBay combined, has decided to go public on Wall Street after months of speculation...

Shares of microblogging site Weibo surged as much as 44% on its first day of trading, a robust start for the first of three major Chinese tech companies planning initial public offerings in the U.S. this year.
"The company did miraculously,...

Across Silicon Valley, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs are busy chanting: "Not a bubble. Not a bubble. Not a bubble."
But with venture capital numbers reaching levels not seen since the dot-com bubble days, the question of whether...

SAN FRANCISCO — With venture capital funding reaching levels not seen since the days of the dot-com bubble, analysts say the question of whether the tech boom in Silicon Valley is on the verge of sputtering is getting harder to dismiss.
Investors...

Boutique Los Angeles investment bank Moelis & Co. is seeking a valuation of as much as $1.58 billion in its initial public offering.Moelis may raise as much as $243.5 million by selling 8.4 million shares for $26 to $29 each, according to a regulatory...

CHICAGO — Investors filled up on shares of GrubHub in the company's first day of trading.GrubHub shares rose as high as $40.80 on Friday and ended up 31%, at $34. The Chicago company's gains came even as the overall stock market fell, with the Dow...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Dropbox is unveiling new ways for people to hold onto and share their digital stuff as it tries to build on the popularity of its online storage service.
With an initial public offering in the works, Chief Executive Drew Houston said his...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Dropbox, fueled by an injection of new funding and a $10- billion valuation, is moving beyond online storage into a new wave of apps for email, photos and collaborative working.
The company unveiled the new apps at a news confe

Perhaps the best ad for Los Angeles online advertising platform the Rubicon Project is that its shares shot up 37% on its first day of trading.
Rubicon on Wednesday began offering shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RUBI, opening at...

There's a lot to browse on Etsy. Check out the $2.50 earrings made from the feathers of a "quail raised with love" on a Colorado farm. Or take a look at the $30,000 pub-style bar made to order from pine and cherry.
Unique products such as these...

Auto-buying website TrueCar Inc. rose in its trading debut after it raised $70 million in an initial public offering.
TrueCar gained 12% to $10.06 at the close of trading Friday. The Santa Monica company, which provides pricing and vehicle data for...

GoPro, the maker of the small video cameras worn by athletes, is planning a $100-million initial public stock offering, the company disclosed through its first public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The filing, released Monday...

A single encouraging IPO can't cure all that's gone awry lately for Chinese stocks, the technology sector or the market for initial public offerings.
But the closely watched debut of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com Inc. did more than its part Thursday....

Alibaba Group, the Chinese Internet giant, filed Tuesday for its long-awaited initial public offering of stock in the U.S. in which it could raise as much as $15 billion.
In the filing the company made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,...

Chinese Internet behemoth Alibaba has filed to sell shares in the U.S., the first step in what is expected to be one of the biggest initial public offerings ever.
The company, bigger than Amazon.com Inc. and EBay Inc. combined, said it was raising $1...

BEIJING — DMG Entertainment, the Beijing-based company that co-produced Hollywood films including "Iron Man 3" and "Transcendence," is in the process of going public on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
The move will see DMG enter the...